The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-08 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET! AND MMMERCILL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIL The Money Market is very variable, and with each day affairs assume an almost different appear eace. The increased inquiry for accommodation this morning is, however, partially accounted for by the renuirements of the public and others to effect an arrangement for the l i quidation of the account on Consols. Apart, however, from this there is a very small demand for monetary assistance on behalf of the trading classes, and it is hoped that the surplus capital of the market will, without causing any ill effects, be devoted to the payment of cotton from the East. The rates remain firm at 6 1 4 7 per cent, for the best three months' securities. An increased demand for bar silver at 6la to has arisen in consequence of the higher terms re ceived yesterday for bills on India. _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1864. 1863. Great Western North-Western S outh -Western Brighton Midland ... ... 49,207 43,375 South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 34,192 35,250 Bristol and Exeter North .Eastern 60,788 65,918 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 18,312 17,393 Great Eas:ern These returns are, with one or two exceptions, of a favourable character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £4,209; on the North-Wes tern, of £9,126; on the Brighton, of £1,415; on the Midland, of £5,832 ; on the South-Eastern of £800; on the Great Northern of £3,963; on the Bristol and Exeter of £141; on the North-Eastern of £4,870 ; on Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £919; on the Great Eastern, of £600; while the Lancashire and Yorkshire shows a decline of £ 1 1 053 ; and the South-Western, of £79, - Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's Telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 66f. 25 c. Firm. Quotations at the Stock Exchange have been rather depressed to-day, but no material alteration has occurred. The Funds have been weaker through a want of purchasers, the unfavourable state of the weather having no doubt kept many from attending to business. Consols, less dividend, are 89 A- y money, and 89 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 4 ; do., 21 Per Cents., 72; June Exchequer Bills, 7s. die.; India 5 per Cents., 103 ; Debentures, 97 ; and 13 0nds, ss. prem. In the Foreign Market there is no new feature of importance, and prices are generally steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 714 4 ; do. Conso• fides, 46-7,- 47k ; Mexican, 29i ; do. New, 27,-1 -1; Greek, 22t, 23; Spanish Passive, 3lt 32; do. Cer tifica. les 14k ; the Confederate Loan, 68 59; the ,gYptian, d / ; and the Danubian, die. to par. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and a downward movement has taken Place in prices. South Western, London and 131 ackwall, and North Eastern (Berwick) have each heeded 103, and Great EAstern, Metropolitan, Mid land, and South Eastern each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been very little activity, and prices remain Without material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have in some instances shown rather more firmness. Imperial Ottoman have improved to 17, Imperial to 341, Bank of Wales to 17k, Hindustan, China, and Japan to 301,- 31, and International Land Credit to 68 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. t/OPEnNBIENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols 0 0 Account, Jan. 10 3 ,Per Cent. Reduced m k e W 3 per Cent 88 , 4, I i "o ir Ze 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 72 A ij 0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 "l— ouuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — D 0 for 30 y rs , ex pi re sth A pr il, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — _ _ kelaequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £200 t ank England Stk, 53 per Ct. Do Account t INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'M it; Stook, 10f per Cent., April 1874 2lB 21 Do Acc oun t " 0 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... DAccount — 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 T , Do Certificates " t -,° 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — "° 41 pet C e nt. v 0 Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent - ° per Cent., Jan. 1872 b° 6 1 per Cent. May, 1879 0 4 per Cent., ' Aug. 186E3 1 - 1 „0 bonds .El,olo 5 pm " 0 under £l,OOO - March. June. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 4 I I strian Bonds, 5 per Cent — l ' liz iliau 5 per Cent —0 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 tt, D° 1863 D— -etaos Ayres 6 per Cent . o chn, Account.... -4,4,,,a, 6 per Cent. — t,, i) , ° li per Cent Q'orlliabian 6 per Cent — h b a• 6 per Cent. - 13, — ,? 6 per Cent. 1864 7 1 \ 4 ' 8 h 3 per Cent., 1825 4 . " 6 per Cent, 1864 t lo dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 0, Provisonal Land Warrant — Ptian 7 per Cent — D1 )0 £lOO B on d s °1 Second Issue tWO Scrip, £l5 paid I a pm L e k 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — b ° Account .. 1° Coupons 47 0 Account jjternala 5 per Cent. j t 1 9 1839 and 1859 1 4 44 ; 40 6 per Cent. (Mareinmana Railway-) ;Pearl 3 per Cent ...• 0 A.ccount _, _ , 29! hDo 1864 .._ t orl e 6 per Cent. Anglo-French . ... die r, S crip, £43 paid.... 4 8 f1811 Imperial 5 per Cent b `v_ Granada — ° 2 per Cent. i, l ° Deferred — b° Land Warrants (Hectares) — ~ e Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — co rti _ ; uo do Aug., 1866 — 0` 99 •4 44 per Cent .. b o ° Per Cent. (Uribarren).. — 13 ° Cent., 4 4 per 1862 .. 1' Ike on,, count 11 t guese 3 per Cent., 1853 b 4 ocount — 04° per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60,.62,'3 — kti litts ikeeount .. 47/ )0, 1 ,e,° 6 per Cent 1822, £ St., — 1) 0 '1 per Cent., 1850 D o , 1860 — D o l' Per Cent 1859 — D o ' Per Cent, 1862 i 1)0 t n glo-DlitCh 'N I ,erip, Lei paid b o t TM 6 per Cent 'AN 4 k o eount — h ah 3 0 . - per Cent bo I:l„,ccount b o -", ow Deferred b 4 'eoeunt 1,0 1)4138iV tz:jo 4c count tl/ 1 1 44 count 324 1} 4, 14 0 4v. 9 o ert. of Coup not funded .. — tirtih il `J o unt 11 ,9ti s Z) 4 Per Cent — ;Jo '' 6 P er Cent. 1854 — bc, A ccount 0 A Per Cent. 1858 ° Dr l-I 'co 1 )O ( f lOO Bonds' I), - per Cont.loo2 be p''',ecount ' 4O O Bonds.. bo ,-, Do 1863 .. - v 1), *ftrante e d ' 4 per Cent. T e las ' 563 so • , z) k iei. rip, £4O paid 4 k ' 3 per Cent. 1 , 44 0 e eeunt " h o ~ le",".l:lZent., 1862 o ' 6 Zu r , t 4 , ~,ellt., 1864 Vtrikn,"gends on the above payable in lioua on bz.,4 4„ ,6 per Per Cent Cent. Ex. 10 Florins. 11 2i ,t ~ ' Ex. 25f 9B} t, el i. I '-nt.. C „"„r Cent. e E rtificatesll x. 12 Gu IVC t:an, 6 e nted 3 per Cent. .. 1'e,,,,e A.. t oo P er dent., 1861, Ex. 25 franca.. r t -oi, unt % 1 ,. la D o ll a ot t t e .., r Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f — e„ bl°, l o, Ty rone THREE O'CLOCK. .ecc,,,,,. .... •e . 89, 11 4 ..i.t .... 14, • • ........ el.1)001Cotton Market—This Day. i "et quiet. Sales, probably 5,000 baleen Shari Sk 1 teck emit 20 stook 1:0 @took stook 'took ;took 2) 20 . __ etook stook stook 20 stook etock ST l r s ia EIARKETS,—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Share' Railways. I p a id: Closing Business Price. j clone. E. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div, Do. B till op o.p an. as ; been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.' Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthof Scot land Great Northern ' Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan 11 Great Western,Original Do Str Val eua. stocs Do. South Wales Do. W East Mid. -Oxford, Do Newport: Do Hereford, Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,l S. Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western' Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do Z shares Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent ... North British itidin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlok Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 183 , ...-61 North London Do New ....... Do New, 1861, . North StaiTordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot . Mid. stook Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South South Eastern staines,Wok.,andWok laff Vale.. Do C Vale of Neath Waterford dt Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool ar. d%R 13.14, et et et 60 20 10 10 87 80 130 131 6 7 34 36 16 17 90 92 106 108 17i 48 7i 8i 134 135 154 155 130 132 90 111 78 78} 67 69 57 59 94 46 100 102 114} ;151 82 84 10 i 106 37 39 118 118} 97 19 66 67 121 :22 136} 103 207 55 67 25 i 7 113 114 71i 72i F 3 104 38 39 11 12 p 9 10 , 123 126 2p 1 1 79 80 101 138 :92 58 6) 40 42 85 654 8 9 163 168 34 46 p 1(8 110 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Prioe. Sailways k.tlantic & St Lawrence tom.,Baroda&.Cent In , Gu. 5 per cent... Do. E. Shares. tunalo and Lance Enrol] Do. Preference ..•• •• 1 3 uffalo,Brant,&(.4odriel p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 I Do. do. July 1, 187. Jo. do. June 1,1 d 31 cutta.&S.Eastn. ;apeTown d: Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf ti•astn. Bengal gu. a p. heat Indian. ell. 5 p. Do. do. J Ext Grand Trunk of Cana,i Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist rrei • Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndla Pont n.gua.sp.c Do. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. e... 'it. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do 4t. W. of Canada Share, Do. New .. • • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opf Do. 51, , p. c. do. '77-8.. fndiau Branch Limited Madras, guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. st p. o. Extensim Dc. Do. Fifth Extension. %lelb.Corp. 6 p. 0. finds & Ilobson's Bay. Newßrunswick & Cand. Class A v.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pi bth Soinde Do. Delhi Do. Do. Punjaub Do. Indus• St. Flog) b". Paid. 59 61 1021 1033 idis ip 5 5i 8} 9,4 75 80 46 100 8) 90 103 104 1031 1C& 21 22 90 92 70 72 61 d 4 66 68 56 58 53 54 47 50 3) 32 28 30 103} 104 pr 4p pr 4p 101 103 81 9f 114 11 , 83 0 80 E 2 f d 104 1034 96 98 91 03 60 62 6 82 S 4 101 103 1023 1031, id ip 1023 103 i 95 971 1024 103 f 4f 5f VOA COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per, cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... ; 100 ' -- — Do. do. 1883.... ' 100 - - ; ,i,.i-i0v.6p.0.Ja..2.1u1,; 1877-81 .. . .... V, 0 98 100 c. Do. Cp. Feb. Aug 100 98 1 0 D 0.6 p.0.Mar..2 Sept 100 94 10) Do. &p. o. Jan.&July. lit 87 89 Do. 6 Inscribed stool 100 87 90 ape G.Hope, 6 p o,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap .2 Oct. 1881 100 105 107 Do. 189( 100 106 108 to. Jan. At July. 1891.. 100 109 111 ;eyion, N0v.1864, 6p . 100 Mt 105 110. 1878, do. 100 4i 9 112 Ilauritius 6 p.0ent.1873 00 05 107 Do. 187: lOu 106 109 1(81 Do. 1882 190 .07 110 -.- Vatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 .1 , ,5 107 N.8.G0v.6 p.c..) a.kJul) 100 99 102 NI. S.W. G ov. 5 p 3., 180 100 97 99 Dv. sp. c.,1871 to 100 100 95 97 95j 41 51 Do. d0.,1888 .2 upwd, 100 94 96 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 • Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 00 102 ,lueensland Gcv. 6p. o. 100 04 103 ~Aus Gov. 6 p.0.1t98- 100 . Do. 1:78 .2 tqward ~.. 100 07 10/ Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..2.1u1) 100 Do. Jo Bp.°. An 300t...1 100 11061 1671 105; 761 BRITISH MINES. 2 'lainbrian Consol. Gold 1 1 1 -- Chiverton Junorct Amalgamated.. 331 Z 4 )evon G. Con.. (Tavist. 1 580 600 Drakewali s ....... ..... 2.1.0. I 1 ,ast Bassett (Illogan ) .. at, 50 55 481 East Caradon . '1.14.c , 18 20 ..:ast Carn 8rea........ 3.4.0 61 7 . East Grenville .. 2.7.0. 51 6 5f East Lovell ........ •.. 2.13.6. 15 16 —g;. WlRussel(Tavistk. 8.13. 51 51 5 1 3arn..2St.Aubyn(Gwen 60, 5 7 4 Great Laxey, 1im...:... all 171 181 -.treat South Tolgus.... 17s li , 3. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 34 36 361 1 t irenville . • 7B. , R. 51 6 41 .lerc,d'is-Foot •• .• 8.13 56 37 lingston Downs ..... . 4.18. , 4 4 Ilargaret (tiny Lelant i i 8 9 ilarke Valley. 4 , lyndr Iron Oro (Lim 2l 11 d Nangiles........ New Setun 2ll CO 70 —• sTorth Downs North Roskear . 2 93 1 17 10 ..Wlt'i 13asset(111o41u, 3.1..6 1 2 forth Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.^. 3 31 ,•rovidenoe(Uny Lelnt 106.7 34 36 iouthCaradon(St.Cleer 11 20 540 i.Wheal Fran. (Mogan LB.l - I.i. 33 36 Stray Park 30.17.,: 18 20 fin Croft d :6 17 Nest. Basset (Illogan).. 11 7 9 _ W Cr radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 West Chive!' ton West Soon Wheel Basset (Mogan 5 90 98 Wheal Buller(ltedruth 1 9 11 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann ;ien , 8 13 15 Wheal Oeton 5Bl 195 200 _ Wheal Trelawney (Lis., 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 * i PREFERENCE SHARES. reat Eastern, E. Anglian, No. 1, 5 per cent. stock, MI reat Western Orig. 41 per cent pf., 97 . . ___ ... . . .. PREFERENCE S. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, No. 1, 5 Great Western Orig. 411 per cent pf., Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 135 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), 21} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4} per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 pot* cent pl., of LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTA.I.3. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, s,per cent., 111 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 111 / Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pt., 201 San Paulo (lim.),lgua. 7 per cent., 14 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, ICI 1 FOREIGN .111INER, Colon Copper, 27} Port Philip, 1k BANKS. Agra and litsterman's (lira.), 130 Alliance 28.! Ditto, new, Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd , 221 Anglo Austrian, 71 7 Australasia, 70, Bank of British Columbia, lea ' Bank of Egypt, 31 3 Bank of Wales, lira., 11 Consolidated Bank, lira., 11 Hindustan, China, and Japan (11w.), 301 1 Imperial Bank (lim.). 34 Imperial Ottoman, 17 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lira., 71 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, -- Ditto, new, 10; London and County, 795 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., fsa London Joint Stock, 454 Ditto, new, 385 London and South-Western, lim., 2lt London and 11 estminster, 97i Merchant Bank, lira., 28t Oriental Banx Corporation. 575 8 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um, 3t Provincial 01 Ireland, 88 Union of Ireland, lim., 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 31 I Bombay Gas, lim., 5 Ceylon Company, 111:4 • City Offices, lim., 4 Commercial Union, Insurance, 84 Credit Fonder and Mobilitr of England, Ditto (£2), 55 4 Crystal Palace, 335 45 East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 Egyptian Con and Trading, Lim., 4; 5 lioglish and Australian Copper, Financial Corporation, 1 Fore-street Warehouse, Ilm., 95 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. Iflri., 0; 7 Hudson's Bay, 16? Business don, MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., Um., 81 1 International Financial society, Urn., 76 international Land Credit, lim.. 61 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 0; 1 7 London and Caledonian Marine, lira.,' 5 London Financial Association, lim., 248 London Provincial Marine, 3 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 20; National Discount Company, lira., 151 National Financial, lim., 8* * North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 181 Ocean Marine Insurance), 261 Oriental Financial, Rm., 51 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 82 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. AN T.INI'ORTFNATE PROSECUTOR —STEALING A WORK OF ART.—Stephen Appleton, described as a pianoforte key maker, and who refused his address, was charged before Mr Knox with stealing a bronzed figure of a man and horse, of the value of £lO, from the shop of Mr Nathan Woolf Jacobson, jeweller, &e., 311, Oxford-street. Thomas Hodge, a young man in the employ of Mr Jacobson, said that, about a quarter past six the previous evening, he was standing outside his employer's shop when he saw the prisoner walk up to the bronzed figure, put his arms round it, and make off with it. He pursued the pri soner, and caught him after he had gone about 30 yards, when he dropped the figure, but Mr Jacobson's foreman coming up at the time, the prisoner was secured and given into custody by Mr Jacobson. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr Justice Shee and a Common Jury.) XINGSBY V, HART. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a certain sum of money which he had placed in a loan society, and of which tl-e defendant had been treasurer. The plaintiff placed the money in the society upon the belief that it was secure, and that he was to receive 7 per cent. The society, through the default of one of its cfficers, became involved in difficulties, and when the plaintiff applied for a return of his proit, to the treasurer he denied his liability, as the plaintiff, it was contended, had entered the society as a shareholder, and therefore he (Hart) was not liable to repay the money Kingeby had deposited. The case was proceeding when we went to press, la answer to Mr Knox, the witness sail the figure was of the value of £ W. Policc-constable Richard Kent, 191 C, said at the station the prisoner ref used his ao,dress, Inspector Biwles naked for a remand, as there was reason to believe the prisoner was known. Mr Knox remanded the prisoner, who made no answer to the charge. Mr Jacobson's foreman said that about a week ago the companion figure was stolen from the shop. Henry Halley, a middle-aged man, was charged with stealing a Dresden china figure, the property of the same prosecutor. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) POSTER V. SCOTT AND PRINCE. This was a suit instituted by Mr Foster, as the surviving executor of Mrs Ann Hullick, who formerly resi,' ed a Weddlesford, near Cambridge, for the purpose of establish- t ing the validity of the will and codicil which she had exe cuted, The defendants were Mr Scott, a surgeon, and Mr Prince, connected with a brewery at Cambridge, who had married the nieces of the testatrix, and who pleaded that she was of unsound mind and under undue influence when she made the will in question. The prisoner was seen by a lad named E llerington, in the employ of IKr Jacobson, loitering about the shop, and after wards to go up to the window and then hurriedly walk across Oxford-street. The lad on going to the window missed au ornament, and went alter the prisoner, who finding the lad close to his heels thr3w the ornament down an area, where the broken portions of it were found. The prisoner was then given into custody, The prisoner was remanded. It appeared that the deceased lady was the daughter of Mr Hullick, a member of a banking firm at Cambridge, and that she was a person of eccentric habits, but perfectly com petent to transact business. The will was executed in 1858 and the codicil in April, 1862, and at the time of her decease the testatrix had reached the age of 82. She had, previous to her death, had a lady living with her named Lawton, who was very attentive, and to whom she was very much attached. The deceased made several wills, in all of which she provided for Mrs Lawton. She gave each of her nieces £l,OOO, and made one of her nephews the heir to the residue. Several entries were read to show that the testatrix was in a sound state of mind, and that she was so believed to be. Tho medical gentleman who at tended the lady up to her decease said he considered her to be perfectly com petent to execute a will provided it was simply drawn. The examination of witnesses was proceeding when we wont to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE MATTHEWS. This bankrupt was a coal merchant in the Hampstead road, and to day was appointed for a meeting for discharge. The debts are stated at about £3,000; no assets. Mr Bagley opposed on behalf of several creditors, on the ground that the bankrupt had incurred debt without having had any reasonable prospect of being able to pay, having given in bills of sale over the whole of his property, that he had also dealt largely in accommodation bills, and that he had made bad debts to the extent of £533, principally to persons whom the bankrupt alleged to have absconded. He (Mr Bagley) urged that the bankrupt had been trading with the greatest recklessness, if not with fraud, and was a case which imperatively called upon the court to suspend the order of d scharge for a lengthened period. ➢lr Catlin, for the bankrupt, denied that there had been any recklessness on the part of the bankrupt, as the bills of sale had been given for hard cash, and the principal part, £630, had been paid to one of the opposing creditors, and the so-called bills were securities to insurance companies for others, all of which had been or would be paid—besides which, the bankrupt had been kept in prison for nine months on the allege lion that he was about to quit the country, which in itself was a severe punishment. His Honour said that the bankrupt had clearly traded very improvidently—he commenced with little or no capital and proceeded to borrow money to carry on business, and had given a bill of sale, not allowing any time for payment, but left his property to be pounced upon any moment to the prejudice of the creditors. The bill of sale might have been legitimate, but a wrong had been done to the cre ditors. The bankrupt had also borrowed money at an enormous rate—he had borrowed £3OO, for which he gave a bonus of £loo—this was at the end of 18G3. As to the accommodation, if not so in the ordinary sense, was very mischievous. Taking into consideration the bankrupt had been in prison nine vonths the order would be suspended for twelve months from this date, with protection to be for three months to be renewed, unless cause shown to the contrary. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 38s 5d ; barley, 28s 2d ; oats, 20s 3d ; rye, 26s 8d ; beans, 37s 10d ; and peas, 35s sd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 386 9cl barley, 29s 9d ; oats, 20s Od ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 37s 10d peas, 35s 2d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 101,757 ; barley, 117,789 ; oats, 10,569 ; rye, 136 ; beans, 3,593 ; peas, 1,962 qrs, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair average supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day in somewhat improved condition. For all breeds the demand was far from active ; nevertheless, Monday's prices were supported. The best Scots sold at 5s Gd per 81ts. The show of sheep was only moderato. Downs and half-breds commanded full currencies; other wise, the mutton trade was heavy at late rates. The top figure was 5s 10d per 8 lbs. Calves maintained their pre.- vions value, viz„ from 46 4d to 5s 4d per 8 lbs., but the inquiry for them was inactive. Pigs were steady, but milch cows sold heavily at late rates. Per Blbs. to :ink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. cl. s d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 4 2 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 6 Second quality do. 4 4 4 10 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 5 0 5 2 Largo orse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, etc. 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 4 Second quality do. 4 8 5 0 Small porkers... , 4 6 4 10 Lambs....o3 Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 174 to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 263 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l2O ( Sheep Sheep Calves Pigs. 360 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENDALL.—OUT markets are fait ly supplied with meat, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s Sd to 5s Od ; veal, 4e 2d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 65 Od per Sibs by the carcase, SOUTHALL, Dec. 7.—Prime stock moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. Beet, from 3s 84 to 55 6d ; mutton, 45 Od to 6s 10d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMPORD, Dec. 7,—On the whole, the tradd ruled steady, as follows :—Beaf, from 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs. Suckling oalvos, 16s to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 20a to 255; and milch cows, £0 Os to £l9 Os each. Fn. E SUN, LONDOI•t, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER, 8, 1864. HAY MARKETS. SMITHrIELD.—Meadoiv hay, £4 Os to £5 7s 6d; clovor, a Os to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 lOs per load. Trado steady, CUMRERLAND—Meadow hay, £4 to £5 108 Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 6s Od ; and straw, 11 5,3 to 11 108 per load, A fair demand. WIIITECILIP/M—Meadow hay,X3 18s to £5 7s 6d ; clover, £5 Os to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4a to L 1 10s per load. Supply only moderate. THE GREAT POLISH TRIAL,—The trial of the Poles of the Dachy of Posen continues to excite public attention at Berlin It may be remembered that 123 were accused of high treason against the King of Prussia for the part taken by them in the insurrection of last year; and that about a third were liberated immediately after the hearing of witnesses. The King's procureur abandons the prosecution against half of the remaining 80 ; he calls for a condemnation to death on about 20, and a sentence of diffe rent periods of imprisonment against the rest. The State Court—a tribunal of ton judges chosen among the members of the Supreme Court exclusively for the trial of political offences—is to deliver judgment on the 2d December, The Madrid Epoca contradicts the rumour which was current of the flight of the Infante Don Ifenrique. The Prince, says that journal, still remains at the Canaries, where he is treated with all the honours due to his rank. The Punjolo of Naples btates from Potenza that on the 30th ult. the notorious chiefs of brigands Schiavone, Petrella, Rendina, Marcello, and Capuano were tried by eourt-martial and shot. The same paper states that during the present year 427 brigands and 32 brigand chiefs have fallen into the hands of the authorities. COTTON IN JAMAICA.—Soma time ago I noticed some country correspondent of yours had stated this was likely to be a bad season for cotton. In St. Thomas in the East I can assure you, from present appearances, the fields of cotton are likely to be larger and of better quality than last season. I rcter moro particularly to the Jamaica Cotton Company's estates. The trees on these estates were carefully pruned by an experienced English gardener, and considerable attention has been paid to each individual tree. The trees aro luxuriant in foliage, and will bo shortly in blossom.—Taniaica Gun dian• The theatrical riots at Madrid are not yet at an end. A disturbanco broke out at the Moratiu Theatre la , 3t week, when the public and the actors almost came to blows. The house has been closed by the authorities, WESTMINSTER. WIVES' COMPLAINTS AGAINST HUSBANDS.— Charles Weldon, described as "a canine provider," was brought up on a warrant charged with assaulting his wife. Complainant said—l live at 21, Poneonby-place, Pim lico, My husband came home very drunk on Tuesday, and I was obliged to get out of his way, and I don't wish to say any more about it. Mr Arnold—You came here yesterday and obtained a warrant against your husband, open which he has been taken into custody, and you must now state the circum stances of the case. Complainant—He made a great disturbance, and as soon as I wont near him he began again. That's all. Mr Arnold—That is not all. If you had stated no more than that yesterday I am quite certain I should not have granted you a warrant. You must tell the truth. Complainant--I am telling the truth. Mr Arnold—One of two things is certain—either that you are concealing the truth now or told a falsehood yes terday. You charged your husband with assaulting you. Complainant—Well, he poked a lighted candle into my face. Mr Arnold—You said more when-I granted this warrant Complainant—Well, he gave me a slight slap. Mr Arnold—You said a blow before. Complainant—You might call it a blow. Mr Arnold—Woman, I don't want to call it anything. You did describe it as a blow. Why did you come here yesterday and make a statement which to-day you contra dict ? You were sworn on both occasions to speak the whole truth. Your husband ha 2 been here befor e upon your charge, I believe. Complainant—Yes, he has, once. Mr Arnold—What was done with him ? Complainant—l think he had three months. Defendant said his wife began the whole disturbance, and first insulted him. Complainant—He broke up two or three of our pictures. I can't say how the candle came into my face. I don't know that he put it there. Mr Arnold—l cannot rely upon your evidence: The defendant is discharged. For the future, when wives com. plain here and have warrants, they shall make their state• ments in writing, or have them taken down and swear to the truth of them. THAMES. SERIOUS AFFRAY IN AN AUCTION Rom—William Sykes, a well dressed man about 30 years of age, and de sczibed as an auctioneer, was brought before Mr Partridge charged with violently assaulting Mrs Elizabeth Jennings and damaging property to the amount of £3. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution. M:s Jennings was the wife of an auctioneer carrying on business at No. 4, Upper East Smithfield. The prisoner was formerly in his employ, and left a short time since. Yeiterday evening the prisoner came to the auction ro m drunk and made a disturbance, offered to fight the porter, a German, named Wright, and everyone in the place, and asked Mrs Jennings where her b-- of a husband was, and that he wanted to beat his brains out. The prisoner then sat down for a short time, and suddenly rose from his chair, Arndt Mrs Jennings a tremendous blow on the nose, and knocked her backwards thru ugh a framed engraving, break ing the glass which covered the picture, and tearing the engraving itself. A glass shade was also broken, and other damage done. The prisoner was put out of the allop, and he seized an iron bar used for securing the shutters, and drove it through the panel of the door. The prisoner was then secured. He believed the prisoner had established himself in business some 400 yards from the prosecutor's shop, and was very envious of the success of his late master. Mrs Jennings, whose nose was disfigured with a surgical plaster, confirmed the statement of her solicitor. She also added that prisoner kicked her after she was knocked down. She had been bleeding from the nose and mouth all night. Mr Henry Myers, an auctioneer who was selling hand kerchiefs when the row occurred, corroborated the state ment of Mrs Jennings, and said the prisoner struck him one day last week, and gave him a black eye. He could not spare time to prosecute. The prisoner called him a black eyed beauty last night. Two other witnesses confirmed the statement of the com plain ant. _ The prisoner said he had been drinking with Mrs Jen nings yesterday evening, and walked home with her to her mock auction room, where they were on the best of terms. Mrs Jennings was very drunk. Mrs Jennings denied having drunk with the prisoner. A policeman said that Mrs Jennings was the worse for liquor last night. Mr Partridge would not pass over such a violent assau't on a woman. He fined the prisoner £5 for the assault, is for the dawago, and 35s hi addition, the amount of the da imprisonment for 10 weeks. mage, and in default, extraordinary Suicide in. St, Luk e's. carrying N A. r oo l: nr isenari rBqoaahunnt crbkyet business le l iness at 75 aged 49 y ears . Luke's, on Tuesday ni_ , gar respecting the suicide of Mr Iron h hel l a r e b ad Y T Al a r y m e P h h i r s e w Y : 4 l ' l- A s i tr id ee t i , es S el t. ew Shackell sa id th a t d ecease d was a hatter, Chiswell-street. He was latterly d es ponding because he w i shed to sell the b us i ness, b u t hi s landlord would not accept o f any t enan t w h o wou ld b u y th e stock. Ho was reserved and would not tell witness any himself in the parlour behind the shop. him on Saturday night. She knocked for il e on SU n d ay, but no answer was g i ven, and she t\hVb niint nage:sdinner-time thoughtanesetrss-lshetaeip saw him by had gone out. After church in the evening, however, she became alarmed, and the parlour was broken open and he was found dead on the sofa. Mr W. Monroe, a lodger, said when the parlour was broken open deceased was lying dead, undressed, on the sofa, There was a cup on the table, by the side of which was a piece of paper, on which was written " Beware of the poison in the tea cup on the hob." No doubt he had intended to place the tea-cup on the hob after ho drank sou_e of the Poison ; but the action of the drug was too quick. There was also on the file a letter, which was as follows : " You need not open my body. I have taken poison, and Mr -- has been the cause of it. For I have offered to get him a tenant who would purchase the stock, fixtures, &c. ; but ho has refused to accept any tenant, for the express pur pose to ruin me. gi Saturday eve, Dec, 3, eleven o'clock p.m. " F. SIIIMELL. "My last words are—be very kind to one another. As for me, I die in perfect peace." The witness said that • deceased's shop had been broken into a year ago, and he had ever since slept in the parlour behind it, saying " If they come again, I will be there as well as themselves." He used to lock himself in, and not answer his wife. 'Witness believed he was not of quite sound mind. _ _ Dr. Evan Evans said the deceased had poisoned himself with cyanide of potassium. A paper of that poison lay on the table, and the deceased was apparently so anxious that no one should taste it in mistake that he had pinned on it a largo label " Poison?' The cyanide of potassium was used in the arts, and was at present sold without any inquiry being made as to what purchasers wanted it for. it was quite as deadly as prussic acid. A clerk to the landlord said that that gentleman was not in town, and he (the clerk) know nothing about the refusal of a tenant. The house was let to a Mr Parker, but de. ceased paid the rent. The Coroner having summed up, The Jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind. THE TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH. SEAS.—Captain Walker and the four men constituting the crew of the Alciope have been arrested end imprisoned. It will be remembered that the vessel in question arrived at Queens town on Monday, from Demerara, when the captain re ported that two Frenchmen. who were in the crew. had, during the voyage, mutined and murdered the carpenter and the mate. They then sought the captain's life, but he foiled their attempt, and ultimately with the assistanceof the four remaining members of the crew, secured the mutineers, put ting them in irons. While thus secured, one of them, it is reported, beat his trains out against the aide of the ship, and the other died, it was supposed from poison, which he administered. himself. An inquiry will be instituted into the whole affair. 47i I 1311i4i 77} 82 3 1051 114 98 7i 6 1201 11 201 137 6 111 f P 701 CI 8 . 5 11 i The Burglary in Lombard-street. The robbery of bullion, bank notes, bills of exchange, and other valuable securities, on the premises of Messrs Bawl, in Lombard-street, is still as much a mystery as it was at first. None of the stolen treasure has been traced, and the thieves are still at large. Some of the more experienced of the City detective police have been engaged in the matter during the last three days, but with little or no result. First of all, there is nothing to show conclusively how the thieves got into the premises; there were no marks of violence found on the outside of either the window shutters or street door, and the irresistible conclusion is that the thieves were inside the house before it was closed for the night either on the evening of Saturday or Sunday. Mr Baum, the senior partner in the firm, a gentleman of advanced age, was seen by a police-constable on duty to leave the premises on Sa turday evening, in a c .b, about 7 o'clock, and one of his two sons who assist him in the business did not leave for the night until two hours afterwards. IL is said the niece of the housekeeper and her husband, a working man, went to the theatre on Saturday evening and returned at half past 11. The housekeeper, who with them lives in the top story, did not leave the house during their absence, and on their return nothing occurred as they passed upstairs to attract their attent'on except that the dog barked, which was unusual. The dog, though belonging to Messrs. Baum, was not shut up in their premises at night, but had the run of the lobbies and staircases of the whole house, which is five stories in height. The strong room which enclosed the iron safe is a place about eight feet by six feet, under ground, with an arched roof, and the hole which was cut in the brick wall, and by which the thieves effected an entrance to the room, was immediately over the iron safe, showing that they NI ell knew its exact rosition in the room. Had the hole been cut six or eight inches lower down in the wall than it was, the time spent in cutting it would have been lost, for in that case the iron safe would have been immediately behind, and the aperture would not have been large enough to admit a person to enter the room by that way. Locksmiths, who have carefully ex amined the sate since the robbery, are of opinion that access was had to it either by unlocking the door, or by its having been left unlocked inadvertently before the thieves entered the strong-room. Having succeeded in opening the door of the safe, it remains to be explained why the lock on the inner side of it was broken to pieces, and why, supposing the thieves got into the strong room by the hole in the wall, and returned that way with their booty, the two locks on the inner door of the room should itself have been wrenched off. On a search being made in the room by the police, some lucifer matches, two vessels containing oil, one being an eau-de-Cologne and the other a tin bottle, a small can vas bag, and some iron wedges were found, besides the four crowbars and two morticing chisels mentioned in previous reports of the burglary. The bag is said to be similar to some in which labouring men carry victuals. In Lombard street and also in a place called George-yard, running from thence to Cornhill, and hard by the scene of the robbery, extensive building operations are now, and have been for some time, in progress. The two morticing chisels, when found in the strong room, were both broken at the points, and they had probably been used in making the hole in wall. At all events, the crowbars present no appearance of having been used for such a purpose, and their points are so thick and blunt as to forbid the idea that they could have been employed in prising open the door of the safe. It is said that when Mr Baum, the senior partner, accom panied by a lad who acts as porter, first made the discovery of the robbery on Monday morning he was so affected that he swooned and fell to the ground, and he had hardly re covered when the police arrived. It is understood that Messrs Baum have intimated their intention to increase the reward offered by them for the discovery of the stolen pro property from £SCO to £7OO. The Inundation Commission at Sheffield. A very important argument upon the cases in which the claimants sue for consequential damages, as a consequence of the inundation, was brought to a conclusion yesterday. The Commissioners are Mr W. Overend, Q,C. (chief), Mr J. Jobson Smith (manufacturer), and Mr M. F. Mills (estate agent), The cases on behalf of claimants were argued by Mr Manisty, Q C., Mr Waller (of the Chancery bar), and Mr Forbes; while the Water Company were re presented by Mr Mellish, Q.C., and Mr Quain. The argu ments were of a very intricate character, but they took a range as wide as the clause in the Company's Act which fixes their liability. That clause appeared in part in the Company's Act of 1845, and it was repeated, in an enlarged form, in the Inundation Act which was obtained last session. The clause enacts that " the company shall, and they are hereby required, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to pay and make good to owners, lessees, Ste., of property, and to every per son whomsoever, all costs, charges, loss or damage, as well immediate as consequential, which they shall suffer by reason of the giving way of the company's works." Another sec ion dispenses with the necessity of proving negligence in order to support any claim, both in respect to loss of life and in claims for loss of property and bodily injury. There are a vast number of claims sent in in which the question of consequential damage is raised ; but the specific ques tion discussed during the special sitting has arisen upon the following interesting case :—A grocer named 'Wood cock claimed for loss of his custom caused by the drown ing of a number of his customers and the destruction of the houses of others, which had caused them to remove to other parts of the town, thereby causing him to lose their custom. Mr Manisty and Mr Waller argued that the sec tion quoted above established a statutory contract between ,he water company and the public, by which, on condition that they were allowed to impound vast and dangerous bodies of water, thereby creating what would otherwise be a great nuisance, that they would undertake to compensate the public for all and every kind of damage, "as well imme diate as consequential," as should be caused by the giving way of the company's reservoirs. In this case the claimant had a thriving business. lie went to bed on the night of the 11th of March, with a business which would have com manded a handsome sum for "goodwill," and he awoke i n the morning a ruined man. All . his customers were swept away, and it vas argued that as this damage was such as would be the natural, nay, the inevitable consequence of an inundation, it must have been within the contemplation of the Legislature when they framed the Act and was therefore recoverable as "consequential" damage. On the other hand Mr Mellish and Mr Quain argued that no person could establ sh a claim whose legal rights had not been injured. The section gave no rights ultra those which were recoverable at common law. Woodcock had no legal right to have his customers there—all that he had a right to have was that those customers should hare free access to his shop. It was argued if the grocer could recover for the loss of his customers, there was nothing to stop a claim from the wholesale grocer who supplied the retailer, the importer who supplied the wholesale dealer, the shipowner, who would have less sugar to carry. and, finally, the sugar grower in the West Indies, who would ave less demand for his sugar. The argument was very closely reasoned out on both sides, and some amusing illus trations of the variety of claims were given. A ratcatcher had actually sent in a claim for consequential damage, "because the flood had drowned all the rats in the district that he was accustomed to operate in." A surgeon sent in a claim for damage caused by the removal (in consequence of the flood) of many ladies whom he would otherwise have had to attend in their confinements. Other claims, equally whimsical, were mentioned. At the close of the arguments the Court adjourned until the 29th inst., when an important judgment will be given. It may be stated that in conse quence of the delay that has taken place the Water Com pany have, as dmatter of precaution, given notice fox an act to extend the time for the holding of the commission. Up to the present time nearly 3,603 of the claims have been settled out of a total of 7,100. THE STORY OT THE PRINCESS DJEMILA.—Upon the best authority, we are enabled to announce that the romantic story of Oriental jealousy, reported in our own columns and in those of almost all our metropolitan and provincial contemporarise, is entirely without founda tion. The modern chapter of the " Arabian Nights," which has been so eagerly repeated from the letter of oar correspondent at Constantinople, seems simply to have been one of the tales so frequently circulated about the bazaars, and all its details are, we are informed, purely imaginary. The Princess I)jemila, who figured as the heroine, is said to be a lady of peculiarly amiable disposition ; and we feel convinced that those journals which have given currency to the existing fiction will at once hasten to exonerate the Royal personage implicated.—Morning Paper. A BORN ACTOR,—Garrick's personal characteris tics particularly fitted him. for success upon the stage. Look at Sir Joshua's portraits of the Roscius ; it would be hard to find a better face for an actor. The features handsome and well defined, and a certain flexibility about them which rendered variety and rapid change of expression easy matters. The eyes largo and luminous, dark and pene trating, and above them well arched and strongly marked eyebrows—most precious gifts to an actor—ono raised a trifle above its fellow, from some habitual track of expres sion, or an accidental momentary twitch which seems to in dicate a v,vid preception of the humorous. The mouth large, as befits a declaimer, but shapely, the muscles round it very active and prominent, the chin round, the jaw square, the throat thick—all favourable to delivery of a strong voice, with rapid utterance. His face, wo learn, was wonderfully under control. He would sometimes, but rarely, indulge his most intimate friends with a performance of what he calls his "rounds." lie would stand behind a chair, and unaided by words or music convey into his face every variety of passion, "blending one into another, ann as it were, shadowing them with a prodigious number of gradations." Now he extorted laughter, now he drew tears. Now he terr:fled. now he seemed himself terrified, until the spectators turned to see if there were not among them some strange cause of horror. Now he was wise as Solomon, anon ho drivelled like a village idiot. lie was young, he was old, he was rich, he was poor, he was sober, drunk, overfed, starving, brave, cowardly, generous, miserly, he wore a plastic mask, and could, by an effort of will, mould his features to what pattern he chose. There was even at one time a story current that he had frightened Regard' by appearing before him as the ghost of Fielding having aiseumed a representation of the great novelist's features; but this, it must be confessed, cannot readily be credited,— Once a Treek, The Cotton Crop in the North-west Pro- vinces of India. The Calcutta Englishm - an of Oct. 26 has the fol lowing remarks upon the cotton crop of the North. western Provinces : From a report of the Board of Revenue which we have lately received, it appears that after making every allow ance for the effects of drought and other drawbacks, the out-turn of cotton this year is estimated at 2,000,000 of maunds against 1,135,65 S maunds in the previous season. Of this amount it is supposed about one-fourth will be re tained for domestic consumption, and the remainder ex ported. The area under cultivation has increased upwards of 50 per cent. The crops displaced are principally jowar, bbjra, pulses, lentils, and to some extent wheat, but indigo, rice, gram, and even sugar cane have been occasionally dis placed to make way fur the favourite crop. what is still more encouraging, greater care and attention are being bestowed en the crop than formerly. " Men, w(-men, and children," says the report, " were continually to be seen in the field, weeding, clearing, loosening the earth about the young plants, and fondly contemplating the crop upon which all their hopes are this year centred." There can be little doubt that the secret of this change lies in the fact that the crops are their own, and not, as formerly, those of their Muhnjuns• The absurd notion that the ryot would not benefit by the increase of price has been entirely falsified by the event. The first effect of the high price was to free the riots from their Muhajuns; and they are now able to dispose of their produce at the market recs. A continuance of such prices would soon show how much of the apathy and indifference that were formerly supposed to be innate and ineradicable was really to be attributed to their perpetual indebtedness. With the out-turn of cotton increasing at the present rate, however, these prices could not possibly be maintained, even if the American war were to last for ever. The native manu facture of cotton stuffs is everywhere much depressed, and in the eastern districts the trade is said to have almost entirely ceased. The demand far European fabrics also has, as a necessary result of the prevailing high prices, greatly diminished. Apart from the manufacture of native cloths for sale, there is the home manufacture, by producers employing native weavers to work up their own cotton for domestic us; which we have alluded to in a former article. It must not be supposed that the report alludes to this when it speaks of the manufacture of native cloths having diminished. On the contrary, the official account from several districts specially refer to this kind of manufac ture as having greatly increased, and thus fully confirm what we said before en this subject. From Mozuffernug gur, for instance, we hear that there is a considerable quantity of home-made cloth manufactured by the pro ducers; this is found to be cheaper than buying cloth in the bazaar. Cotton is spun into thread by the women of the family, and weavers are hired to make it into cloth at so much a piece. * * There can be little doubt that this " affects the consumption of ordinary made country cloth." Again the Commissioner of Ara reports, " A large proportion, moreover, of the agricultural population have their own field grown and house spun cotton manu factured in the country looms for home consumption, and are thus in a measure independent of the general mar ket." The same course is we know being pursued, more or less, all over the country where cotton is grown, and will become gradually more general as long as the high prices ,last. The reasons for this have already been fully discussed by us. In some districts it appears that the con sumption of native has increased in comparison with Euro pean cloths. In Etawah, for instance, Mr Hume reports that the high prices have reduced the consumption of English cloth by 221, and that of native cloth by only 11 per cent. WEST SUFFOLK ELECTION.—The nomination fakes place to-day, at Bury St. Edmund's, Lord Augustus Hervey will probably be returned without opposition. FIRE.—A fire took place yesterday gt Car• pentor and Sildesley's lockworks at Willenhall, near \Vol verhampton. A cask of spirits of turpentine took fire and burst, and Mr Sildesley and four workmen were seriously burnt. The fire was confined to one part of the factory and has been put cut. THACKERAY AND LEECIL—It es said that the family of Mr Thackeray have expressed a wish that the contemplated tribute to the memory of their relative and John Leech, in the Charterhouse, should take the form of a double instead of a single memorial, and that this will be the first point to be settled at the meeting of Old Carthu sians on the 13th inst.—Guardian. The Freeman claims Sir Thomas Henry, the senior magistrate of the Bow..street Police Court, upon whom the Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood as an Irishman. He is the son of the late Mr David Henry: one of the eminent firm of Henry. Mullins, and 111‘11fahort, by whom so many great public works in Ireland were carried out, and brother-in-law of the hon. member for Athlone, Mr John Ennis. IRE MURDER AT SUNNING4IILL PARK ,—Yes. teriny at 12 o'clock, at the Maidenhead County Sessions, Frederick Crofk, alias William Smith, the tramp charged with the murder of Elizabeth Butler, at Sunning-hill Park lodge, was again brought up on remand, before Messrs C. Sawyer (chairman), J. Hercy, T. J. Hercy, and C. J. Palmer, the sitting county magistrates. All the witnesses wore in court, but as no fresh evidence was produced, the chairman, after some little consultation with his brother magistrates, considered that the testimony of the various witnesses previously examined was not suffi cint to entitle the Bench to detain the prisoner any longer in custody, and he was accordinglr, at once discharged. The feeling, howaver, among the mob outside the court was so strong that a little ruse had to be adopted by the police, in order that Croft might leave the neighbourhood of the county police station without being molested. ATTEMPT TO DROWN A YOUNG WOMAN AT HALIFAX.—On Tuesday, at the Halifax Borough Court, Thomas Drake was charged with attempting to drown Eliza Wilson. Prisoner and prosecutor both lived at Halifax. The former is about 18 years et age, and a dyer. He appears to have been on terms of intimacy with Wilson, and oa Tuesday morning met her and walked with her along the canal bank. Near Caddy Field, and while walking under a bridge, prisoner suddenly seized Wilson and threw her into the canal. She was on the point of drowning, when a man named Furness hastened to the spot, and got her out of the water. Prisoner had concealed himself close by, but seeing irosecutrix rescued, he rushed forward and jumped into the canal. Two or three men, who had been drawn to the spot, succeeded in getting him out again, and gave him in charge of a policeman, who had been sent for. Prosecutrix sufficiently recovered to appear at the court. The magistrates commended the conduct of Furness in rescuing the woman. The prisoner was sent for trial at the assiz:s.—Manches4er Examiner. A peculiarly shocking accident, attributable solely to intemperance, occurred on Saturday night, near to West Ilartlepool. Two labourers were staggering home helplessly intoxicated, when they both fell down upon the line of the Stockton and West Ilartlepool Railway. The daughter of one of the men, a mere child, who was with them, endeavoured to raise them, but was unable to do so. The men had not been many minutes down before they apparently went to sleep, and the girl became much alarmed at the dangerous position in which her father and his companion was placed. She did everything in her power to arouse them from sleep, but was unsuccessful. Seeing their increasing danger on a train approaching, she in wild excitement ran towards the road which leads to the house of her parents, but had not proceeded far before the passenger train dashed over the spot where a few minutes before she had left her father and his companion. When the child returned to the spot with her mother and some neighbours, the dead body of her father was found fright fully mangled. Toe other man had sustained a compound fracture of the thigh.—Bermingham Post. MORE LOSSES AT SEA.—Yesterday a telegram reached North Shields that the brig Resolution had foundered in the North Sea, but that her crew ware rescued. Yesterday afternoon the Pearl, steam tug, brought a shipwrecked crew into the Tyne. They belonge,) to the Swedish schooner Vitus, from Korsoer, with a cargo of barley, fur Stockton. The schooner had foundered in the North Sea on the 25th of November, and her crew, six in number, had fortunately afterwards been taken off the wreck by the brig Messenger, of North Shields, bound to London, who brought them to Shields bar yesterday, and put them aboard the tug. Yesterday, a large quantity of oats and pork saved from the wreck of the Stanley was sold by auc tion. The pork sold iu two lots—one at 30a, and the other at 255, per cwt. The oats sold at 2s 6d per sack. A public meeting was appointed to be held in North Shields last night, to organise a volunteer force to assist the Coast- Guard officers with the rocket lines in case of shipwreck. DIE CIRCASSIAN EXODUS.-0 ar Malta correspon'. dent has received the following letter from Larnaka (Island of Cyprus), dated the 12th of November :—" You have no doubt heard of the Circassians having been driven out of their country, and a great number having arrived at Con stantinople. The Turkish Government made a great many of them soldiers, and also distributed a great number over different parts of the Turkish dominions. Of these unhappy exiles, 2,700 were sent to Larnakt; in three small brigs, and out of that number only 1,400 reached that place alive, 550 of whom were in perfect health. And it is reported by masters of merchant ships that the sea was covered with dead bodies, in fact, while at anchor off Larnaka, they were seen to heave bodies overboard, although there was still lite in them, to make room fur the rest to move about. They were literally packed one upon the other, and suffered chiefly from want of water. The Lez ret or t where they were quar tered presented a shucking sit g h—men, women, and children nothing but skin and bone, dying at the rate of 20 a day from exhaustion, and an eye-witness counted 15 dead bodies i n one h e ap on Mee beach. They were allowed a few paraa a day to obtain food, but required something ncurishirg, which I suppose was not procurable. On the emigrants first a rriving here, a groat number of the in h abitants assembled u n the beach to prevent their landing, having heard that t hey were a ferocious sat of people, &0., well t amed, b u t on finding out what a horrible condition they were in, they immediately helped them as much as they could to get food. Several of the:furls have taken them es servants, and the rent are being sent into the interior daily to work on the fay etc, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. THE BANS OP FRANCE. PARIS, DEC, 8, 1.55 r3t. The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis. count from 6 to 5 per cent. TAT TERSALL' S. —This Evening. - Very few members present, and no bu,iness tranFacted of any impurtithee. Bank of England Return,---This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth "Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 7th day of Dee. 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. ---- JNoteri 1 / 1 3E1Ued ....—..Q7.741,515. Government Debt .£11,015,1(C lOther Securities „ 3,031,y0u Gold Coin &., Bullion 13,091,515 Silver Bullion .... £27, 711,5: 5 BANKING D l'ioprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac _ _ £27,711,515 EPAITTILZNT. Government Secu rities Oncluding Dead SS eight A nnuity) £1 0,474,!;42 Other Securities 18,155,m2 Notes t• Gold and Sil ver Coin —...-- -- counts) — 6,468.511 Other Deposits..., 12,666,, 61 Seven Day and other Bills 475,006 £37,173,158 I .L 37,478,13 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. Dec. 8, 18GL Railway and other Companies, SOUTH AUSTRIAN & LOMBARDO-VENETIAN. The total receipts on the South Austrian liner, 1,0t2 miles in leng)b, from the Ist of January to the l7ih ult., amounted to £3,847,977, and for the corresponding period of last year to £1,785,131, showing an increase of £62,846. The total receipts on the Lombardo-Venetian Railway, 27t: 7 -, miles in length, amounted to £39,902, and for the com a . ponding period of 1863 to £322,402, showing an increar n oi £17,500, The total receipts on the Central Italy brar.,ches, 183 wiles in length, for the above period amounted to £190,258, and for the corresponding period last year to £186,512, showing an increase of £3,746. In the aggregate the total receipts amounted to £2,378,14, against £2,294,045, showing an increase of £54,092. VICTORIAN. The total receipts on the Victorian Government Rail ways, IU6 miles in length, amounted from Jan. 1 to Aug. 25 last, to £314,543, and for, the corresponding period of last year to £291,359, showing an increase of £23,189. DEMERARA. The traffic receipts on this company's railway for the fort night ending Oct. 29 last amounted to 4,790 'lois, and for the corresponding period of last year to 3,857 dole, show ing an increase of £933 dola. REGENr'S CANAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, City-road Basin ; 111 r Parker in the chair, The report stated that the traffic for the half-year ending 30th June last amounted to 512,A4 tons, and the gross amount of tolls to £31,419, the not profit being £13,173. This amount, after transferring £903 to the reserve fund, will allow of the payment of a dividend of 13s. per share free of income tax, leaving a balance of £363. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they were threatened with a competing line of railway from King's-cross to Limeh-fuse, the plans for which had been deposited. The committee would examine these plans, but he was not yet prepired to say whether they would oppose this new line. Tile cost of the contemplated im provements in the company's docks at Limehouse would probably amount to a largo sum, but he had no doubt they would be well remunerated for the outlay. The report was adopted, ➢ir Abbot was appointed secre tary in the place of Mr Snee, deceased, and A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proc.ndings. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, Dec. G.—To-day buyers showed more disposi tion for business than on Friday, and a better feeling was visible in the market. The finer qualities of flax, tow, and codilla are in improved demand, and considerable sales are reported to- ay at very full prices. The inferior marks re main dull, and prices unsteady. Jute is rather quiet, and the advance got a week or two.ago is with difficulty sus tained. Yarns of all sorts were in active request, and largo parcels changed hands at full last week's prices fur the various qualities. No change in the quotations can, how. ever, be made, as it was only in rare cases that any rise was got. Linens continue in good demand, both jute goods and the better descriptions being wanted. Both spinners and manufacturers are in general largely foresold, some of them having orders to last them for months to come. LEICE6TER, 7th.—There is a gradual failing off in the demand for hosiery goods, which is usually the case at the present time of the year, and there will be no reaction until after Christmas. At Loughborough and Hinckley trade is quiet, and the operatives are not so well emiloyed. As orders are now of an assorting-up character, what is finished is merely for immediate requirements. Wools are quoted at high prices. In yarns there is not much doing, and prices remain extremely high. NOTTINGHAM, 7th.—The lace trade is still in a very languid state, and very little business has been done during the past few days. Plain nets cannot be sold at primecost ; very few are made, most machines being put on short time or stopping altogether. There is rather more doing in silk mechlins, but silk laces and edgings are still extremely dull. Some small orders are expected from America, but many goods are still in bond at New York which are intended for the fall trade. Continental orders are very small, and only for assortment. It is expected that at the turn of the year some more business will be done, as stocks are very small. The hosiery trade is without much change. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South East; moderato breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain during the morning. NEWPORT, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sarah Pay.. son, from Bristol for Matanzas. CARDIFF, Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Satellite, for Singapore. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 6.--Arrived—Droit, from Liverpool for Cuba. KINGROAD, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Yuba, from St John's, N.B. PLYMOUTH, Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed 7 Polly, for Singapore. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 7.--Wind S,W.—Arrivoci—Fzede rick RMzell, from Quebec. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Brunelle, from Uronstadt—Teddo, from Quebec. Arrived, Dec. B—Milton Lockhart, from Sanganay—. William Richardson and Symmetry from Dan:vc—Result, from Guernsey—Lord Gough, from Gefl-3—Favourite, trout Cronstadt—Vrjohandel, from Port Natal. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed in tow—British Sovereign, from the west, for London. l'assed—Arabella (s), from the wcst— Bet.s (13,8.), from Oporto—both for London, The biddings for £350,000 in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pros portions allotted were—to Calcutta, £226,200; to Bombay, £120,000; and to Madras, £3,800. The minimum price was, as before, is Ilid on Calcutta and Madras, and is Did on Bombay. The appli cations within limits amounted to £2,230,000. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at is Hid will receive about 9 per cent., and on Bombay at 2s 4- d about 80 per cent.; all above these prices in full. These terms indicate a considerable increase in the demand for means of remittance to India, the rates paid being about 11 per cent. higher on Calcutta, and 2 per cent. higher on Bombay than those on the previous occasion. " - A RIND OF LOVE AFFAIR."—At the Win, cheater assizes on Monday Edward John Clark was indicted for robbing Mary Dunkison of a watch on the Ist of November. The prosecutrix said that she was a ser vant. She and the prisoner had kept cumpAny for three years. On November Ihe asked her to take a walk with him about two o'ckck. They went through a field, and the prisoner snatched her watch from her and ran away. She followed him and asked for her watch. He declared he hed not taken it. She put her arms round him and felt the watch in his i;rcatceat pocket, and she took it out and Fat it in her bosom. He threw her down and sat upon her face and took the watch out of her bosom. She cried our, and he took her by the throat and said he would cut it, He then ran away with the watch. The jury, after some h es i tat i on, returned a verdict of gu i l t y , but recommended th e p r i soner to mercy. The judge—Oa what ground, gentlemen? A Juror—My lord, we think it was a kind of love affair. Sen tence postponed. The Moniteur de l'Arniee says An honourabFe French officer has been appointed Guardian of thn French military can . eery in the Crimea, namely, Capt. Schaefer, formerly of the 15i h Regiment of the VFW, and now on the retired list. lie reticles in a house which hes been built for him on the site of the old head-queers of France, no froui Sr.bastepol. all 100 (100 I 100 < 2 L 0 000 102/ 2i